Saturday, 30 November 2019

Fotografi Gaya Mukmin - Ustaz Azhar Idrus & Imran Burhanuddin



Tajuk:  Fotografi Gaya Mukmin - Panduan Fikah Seni Foto
Penulis:  Ustaz Azhar Idrus, Imran Burhanuddin
Penerbit:PTS Publications & Distributors Sdn Bhd
Harga:  RM 17.00 (Semenanjung Malaysia)
             RM 19.00 (Sabah/Sarawak)
Terbitan Pertama 2016

Sinopsis Belakang Buku:

Fokus pada penulisan ini bukanlah tentang teknikal dalam bidang fotografi.  Ia lebih menjurus ke arah perbincangan fikah tentang fotografi dan hukum-hukum bidang ini yang menjadi kemusykilan terhadap segelintir jurufoto-jurufoto Muslim.

Antara topik menarik buku ini:
  • Betulkah pencipta kamera pertama adalah Muslim?
  • Bolehkan saya berkhidmat sebagai jurufoto perkahwinan?
  • Bagaimana sekiranya model itu tidak menutup aurat?
  • Apakah jenis gambar yang terbaik dalam Islam?
  • Kenapa perlu menjaga adab ketika mengambil gambar?
"Doh kalu nak tahu lebih, kena bace la.."


Komen:

Fokus utama buku ini ialah mengenai hukum fekah dalam bidang fotografi.  Sebelum ni tak terfikir pun yang fotografi juga ada membabitkan hukum fekah.  Tapi, bila mula baca buku ni, barulah nampak kepentingan fekah dalam bidang ini.  Nampak sangat cetek ilmu Islam 😑😑😑

 Kalau dah nama buku ni fotografi, dalamnya memang banyak gambar.  Warna-warni pulak.  Dimulakan dengan sejarah dulu.  Sejarah berkenaan dengan optik dan kanta, sebab fotografi memang menggunakan kanta dan prinsip optik.  Kemudian barulah bab fekah dalam bidang fotografi.  Asal usul fekah yang berkaitan dan pandangan ulama'.

Bab seterusnya, ditunjukkan gambar-gambar terbaik yang dirakamkan.  Memang cantik!  Dinyatakan juga mengapa gambar itu dianggap terbaik.  Di samping itu, dimasukkan juga beberapa ayat-ayat Quran dan hadith yang menyokong (konsep-konsep? atau cara pengambilan gambar?) gambar tersebut.

Bab akhir adalah berkenaan adab dan etika dalam fotografi.  Bagi orang Islam.  Perkara ni sangatlah penting sebab disebalik keseronokan mengambil gambar, ada perkara yang perlu dijaga, terutamanya isu aurat.  Gambar / foto yang diambil, berkemungkinan akan jadi tatapan umum, lagilah jika dikongsi dalam laman sosial.  Maka, banyak perkara yang perlu difikirkan agar ianya menjadi ibadah kepada kita dan mungkin juga saham syurga di akhirat nanti.

Sangat baik bagi yang meminati bidang fotografi.

Kucing oh kucing

Tak tahu dari mana datangnya.  Tiba-tiba dah ada kat rumah.  Bukan dia saja.  Sebelumnya dah ada dua ekor.  Seekor jantan, seekor lagi betina. Semua tak bernama, sebab bukan kucing kami.


Yang menghairankan, boleh pulak dia kamceng dengan yang jantan tu.  Selalunya kalau sama jantina, kan selalu bergaduh.  Nak berebut kawasan.  Adik ipar punya teori, dia orang ni adik-beradik.  Hmm... mungkin jugak.  Ini buktinya.




Favorite spot dia.


Sekarang, ni pulak favourite spot dia.


Yang betina tu, baru lagi beranak.  Satu anaknya sama pulak warna dengan yang jantan ni.  Agak-agak, dia bapaknya kot.

Tak taulah berapa lama dia nak tinggal di sini.








Thursday, 28 November 2019

Mukah.... Memories Left Behind

If not because of my daughter, I wouldn't dream of coming here.  Not just here in Mukah, but maybe outside of Peninsular Malaysia.  She got an offer to study in UITM Mukah.

It is the first time for me to be outside of Peninsular Malaysia, first time boarding a plane.... and also a first time to board small plane (twin otter) in both good weather and raining.

A nice experience, considering that I had only four days leave.  Since its not on school holiday, I had to leave my two sons with my brother.

KLIA, here we come!!!

The bus ride from Ipoh to KLIA went smoothly.  Arrived on time at around 3 am.  I purposely booked my flight at around 8 am because I wanted to be in Mukah in broad daylight.  Just to make me "feel good" venturing into an unknown territory.  Just in case anything bad happens..... Well, you never know, right?  The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching was also smooth sailing.  And so does the flight to Mukah, and to the chalet that my husband booked.  Alhamdulillah.

KLIA.  Well... It's KLIA, what more can I say.


The waiting game....  My husband is getting restless


Couldn't sleep.... by the way, that's not our luggage!

Early morning view while waiting to board our plane - the airport crews busy doing their job.

Safety instruction...

Breakfast on board - "before"

Breakfast - "during", no "after" picture.  I chose nasi lemak instead of murtabak.

Arrived at Kuching International Airport

Another waiting game to Mukah.  That's not my plane though.


This.... is the plane.


Sungai Rejang (I guess) from the air.

Arrived in Mukah.
The airport is small since it can only cater the twin otter planes.  But its so breezy since its just at the seaside!  No need for air-conditioning!  Mukah is going to have a bigger airport and construction has started.  I don't know what's going to happen to this airport in the future.




This is the twin otter plane.

This is where we stay in Mukah.  Petanak Beach Chalets and Cafe.  About five minutes from the airport.  The authority was doing some improvement to the drainage system when I was there. So, its quite messy in the picture.

Petanak Beach Chalets and Cafe


This is our cute chalet.


View from our chalet - can you see the beach?










The cafe - run by its owner.



We went for sight seeing before the registration day.  It's a modern town, contrary to what I've been told before this.







The mosque in the town area

The clock tower in front of the mosque
Registration day at the UITM Mukah.  Enjoy the pictures....

The main gate





Girls' apartment


UITM's mosque










The administration building from the back

Library - up close


Library

In front of the library.  This is going to be one of my favourite spot if I were to study here!

The mosque from another angle










This is going to be IKM. Just nearby UITM.
Politeknik Mukah.  Also nearby UITM.
On our way back after the registration, I had this ABC Mukah version (forgot its name).  Full of fruits!!!! Heaven!!!!



Wanted to try mee udang in Oya.  Unfortunately, all the big prawns are sold out! Had to settle with normal size prawn instead.  But.... lucky us, there was an MP eating there (we didn't know).  Had a chat with him and his assistant.  Later, we found out that he had "belanja" us!  Rezeki!


It was raining all the way on our way back to Kuching, Luckily, only had slight turbulence during the flight.  Nothing much to look at, just grey clouds...


Lunch on the way back to KL


Hello Selangor!